Tyler Angert

I’m the founder + CEO of Patina Systems. We focus on building spontaneous software: everyday tools you can customize and share, right when you need to. I think a lot about self-expression, communication, operating systems, and browsers.

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I’m actively hiring talented iOS and AI engineers. Reach out on X / tyler [at] patinasystems [dot] com

Thanks for stopping by the cafe ☕️

Talks

Workspace Legos: Building Blocks for Your New Computer youtube ↗ Cellular Automata and Cell-Based Simulations youtube ↗ Genuary Live Coding: Replit x Processing Foundation youtube ↗ Cognitive Revolution E50: The Future of Software Development youtube ↗

Publications

Spellburst: A Node-based Interface for Exploratory Creative Coding with Natural Language Prompts arxiv ↗ Multiplayer Debugger: US Patent No. 20230342285 uspto ↗

Other Projects

Watchfaces.World: A digital jewelery collection watchfaces ↗ Freezeframe: Refrigerate your workspace twitter ↗ Neighborhood: Environment for making cellular automata twitter ↗ Magnetic AR: Visualizing Magnetic Fields in AR for Physics Education (2019) archive ↗

Writing

Notes on graphics programming and version control Foundational skills: Broadly applicable skills for digital creation Fluid layout customization with Splits replit ↗ My dream creative tool A Tale of Two Tabs replit ↗ Dense happiness Solidity on Replit: Diving into Web3 replit ↗ Information forest: What should the browser of the 2020s be? CLUI: Building a graphical command line replit ↗

streams

streams are my stream of consciousness, brain-dump writing that look like text messages. they're meant to be read more casually

purism is ego the mechanics of work: are you talky talky or clicky clicky? having a good time is good enough internet research tools apps are hard to build idea traffic what i care about stream 1